Holland 4
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Holland-class submarine No 4 was launched on the 23 May 1902. She was built by Vickers
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, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
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, United Kingdom
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, and was laid down in 1902. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy
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on 2 August 1903. In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower. She was the only member of the Holland-class to be given this modification.
She foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged
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and used as a gunnery target on 17 October 1914.